Recent content by Maximusgordon 2.0

Hi folks, I've got a cool Strat with a maple board and traditional 3 pickup routing. I've got a couple of pick guards that I experiment different pickups in. I swap them in and out of the Strat every so often. On a whim I bought a Little '78 from Sweetwater which should be getting here any day...

Howdy, I've been messing with different pickups in my Strat. I have a SSL-4 RWRP in the bridge at the moment along with the two stock pickups. However, my guitar has an old school 7.25" radius, so it has a significant curve in the fretboard and bridge, while the poll pieces are completely flat...

Hi there, Haven't been on here in years, used to practically live here as a kid! Anyways, I just got a Fender 50s Vintera Road Worn Stratocaster (pictured below)... and I just have to say... it almost doesn't make sense how good it is. I've never had the pleasure of owning any Fender Custom...

Hey guys, I put a set of Antiquity Texas Hot pickups into my American Standard Strat recently. I thought they sounded good, but you loose a little too much sparkle for my taste. They grew on me after awhile, and I would have been rather happy with them, but decided to give the Antiquity II's a...

Hi all, My Strat pickup quest continues-- I just put a set of Antiquity II's in my American Strandard (I'll get into that later) and put the Fat 50's that came with it into an old Mexican Standard I have lying around. I'm pretty new to soldering and wiring my own guitars but now that I feel...

Hi all, It's official. I'm on a bit of a pickup swapping tear. Next up is changing out the pickups in my new Strat. It's an American Standard Strat FSR in surf green with an ash body and a rosewood fingerboard. It currently has Fat 50's in all positions, so that's my tonal reference point for...

Hi all, First, an update on the Quarter Pound I put in the middle position of my Silhouette-- it's killer! Balances well with the WLH bridge and PAF Pro neck (which I'll prob switch a '59 soon) and sounds great with 500k pots! Anyways, I'm on a little bit of pickup swapping kick now, so I'm...

Hi all, I used to be on this forum all the time as a teenager. Funny being back. I'm sure you all are as knowledgeable as ever. I have a Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette with a H/S/H pickup configuration. Currently it has a a WLH set and a Antiquity Texas Hot in the middle. The neck humbucker...

Hi all, I have an EBMM Silhouette with an HSH pickup configuration. I've currently got a set of Whole Lotta Humbuckers and an 50's Antiquity single coil in the middle. The bridge pickup is just perfect - ideal for crunchy classic rock type tones and singing leads. The other two pickups are...

Hey everyone, I put a Whole Lotta Humbucker set and a Texas Antiquity in my HSH Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette awhile back. It sounds good but I want to see if I can make it even better... The bridge WLH is awesome. Crunchy and warm with some heat behind it, but not so much heat that it can't...

I started a thread a couple weeks back about having put a Whole Lotta Humbucker set into my EBMM Silhouette. My reaction was a bit muted. To be honest I was kind of let down. It grew on me, but something still wasn't quite right. However, I had kept the 250k pots so I could keep the middle...

Hi everyone-- I've already put a WLH set in my Music Man Silhouette. Balances pretty well with the stock Dimarzio but it's lost the ability to cancel the hum in positions 2 and 4 on the 5-way blade switch. Figure it's a good enough excuse to change the middle pickup as well. I'm looking for...

Hi everyone, Been playing around with my HSH Ernie Ball Silhouette with a new WLH set in it for a couple weeks now. Had some reservations at first but it's grown on me quite a bit. However, I am still wanting to put a 500k volume pot in there (currently there's a 250k pot) to open up the...

Hi everyone-- I got back my Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette yesterday with a new Whole Lotta Humbucker set in it. To be honest, I'm not quite satisfied, although it may not be the pickups fault (more on that in a moment). I liked the presence the original PAF Pros had, but the bridge pickup...

Hi everyone-- Pulled the trigger on a Whole Lotta Humbucker set which I'm having installed into my EBMM Silhouette (HSH). As is, the guitar has a 5-way switch that splits the humbuckers in positions 2 and 4 while position 3 uses the middle single coil. Given that the WLH set is made to have...